The FCC Wireline Bureau extended until Dec. 1, 2024, its waiver pausing the Lifeline voice-only support phasedown and minimum service standards increase. The bureau extended the waiver by a year to "understand the impact" of the affordable connectivity plan "on Lifeline subscribers’ use of their Lifeline benefit," said an order posted Friday in docket 11-42 (see 2207010062).
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision last week in the student loan case, Biden v. Nebraska, didn’t touch on communications law, but it delves deeper into the "major questions doctrine" laid out a year ago in West Virginia v. EPA (see 2206300066). Legal experts told us the opinion, by Chief Justice John Roberts, appears to further expand when the doctrine may apply and moves the court further away from the Chevron doctrine. The case also has implications for the most controversial items addressed by the FCC, including net neutrality, experts said.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision last week in the student loan case, Biden v. Nebraska, didn’t touch on communications law, but it delves deeper into the "major questions doctrine" laid out a year ago in West Virginia v. EPA (see 2206300066). Legal experts told us the opinion, by Chief Justice John Roberts, appears to further expand when the doctrine may apply and moves the court further away from the Chevron doctrine. The case also has implications for the most controversial items addressed by the FCC, including net neutrality, experts said.
A California state court delayed enforcement of California Privacy Right Act (CPRA) regulations Friday. The CPRA had required the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) to start enforcing regulations implementing the sequel to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by Saturday.
A California state court delayed enforcement of California Privacy Right Act (CPRA) regulations Friday. The CPRA had required the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) to start enforcing regulations implementing the sequel to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by Saturday.
FCC nominee Anna Gomez faced tough questions Thursday on net neutrality, data privacy, the Standard General/Tegna deal and how she would balance her current role leading the U.S. delegation in preparing for the World Radiocommunication Conference if she's confirmed to the FCC. The Senate Commerce Committee nomination hearing saw Commissioner Geoffrey Starks hit by many of the same questions on his nomination for a second term on the FCC. Commissioner Brendan Carr, also being renominated, and Fara Damelin, nominee for FCC inspector general, faced fewer questions.
The FCC is extending the deadlines for filings made in the universal licensing system and antenna structure registration system (ASR) and warned that, like those systems, the tower construction notification system (TCNS) and E-106 System also went down last Friday at about 6:30 p.m. EDT, said a notice in Wednesday’s Daily Digest.
The district court correctly decided there was no “genuine dispute of material fact” that Simply Wireless had abandoned any rights it may have had to the Simply Prepaid trademark, said T-Mobile’s answering brief Tuesday (docket 22-2236) in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Appellant Simply Wireless wants the 4th Circuit to set aside the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia’s grant of summary judgment for T-Mobile on grounds that it paused use of Simply Prepaid for legitimate business reasons (see 2303170025).
Dish Network has likely made its Wednesday deadline for its 5G wireless network covering 70% of the U.S. population, though its 2025 coverage requirement -- with requirements for each individual license -- could be a bigger challenge, wireless industry experts told us. Dish and the FCC didn't comment, though Dish Executive Vice President of Network Development Dave Mayo said at the CTIA 5G Summit last month the company would meet the FCC-set milestone. Dish's final buildout deadline is June 14, 2025, for it to offer 5G to at least 75% of the population in each partial economic area.
The Treasury Department should sanction Russian state-owned nuclear company Rosatom, a “major source of funds” for Moscow and “one of the only largely unsanctioned Russian energy companies,” said Gregory Meeks, the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s top Democrat. Meeks, speaking during a June 13 House Financial Services Committee hearing, pointed to his bill introduced last month that would require the administration to designate Rosatom (see 2305120015).